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The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published seml-wekly. Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street, Flattsmoutb. Cass County, Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH , Editor BERNARD A. WOOD . . . .Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Helnrich, News Editor tj tieM. ssocif)Tion A JUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year In Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Entered at tho Postofflce at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second tlss mail matter in ac cordance wltb tho Act of Congress of ilarch 3. 1S79. THOUGHT FOR TODAY is not good to be too fire. It is not good to have everything one wants. Blaise Pascal V'VtViViVVVVAVVtVAV tVirA tVAV' A trf LET'S ALL PITCH IN THIS week a number of Plattsmouth business men will take many hours off from their regular business and devote it to the solicitation of funds to finance the Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival. This will not be a pleasant job for the men out soliciting, they are doing what in some instances proves to be distasteful errand and contributing to community service. This is your Korn Karnival. This show was a regular feature and as much a part of Plattsmouth as Sixth and Main long before many of the fellows who are con tributing countless hours to its staging ever made the city their home. Most of them will be doing a job that dozens of others have been asked to do and have turned down. No program for community betterment or entertainment was ever arranged with out some flaws. Everything in the show can't be arranged to please everybody, nor can a small group of men and women do nating their time and effort keep their fingers on every part of the program or the budget. But we can say this with con fidence that the committee this year is making every effort to see that all leaks are stopped, that every dollar will be stretched until the "Eagle Screams" . . . but it will still take money to pay prem iums, pay feed bills, furnish transporta tion and lunches to bands, pay tent rentals, install lights, build platforms, and hun dreds of -other incidentals connected with the Karnival. This year there can be no money raised through sale of tickets for raffles, bingo, or give-aways. Some funds will be raised through concession rights and special pre Karnival events, but the greatest portion of the cost is coming right out of your and my pocket. Contrary to some opinions, we think ' the show is one of the greatest in Nebras ka and well worth all the money, time and 1 headaches involved. We hope the ma- jority of you other Plattsmouth folks . think so too. So, when they come to you ; for your share of the cost give it cheer- - fully, dig a little deeper than in former ; years and let's give the folks a show they won't forget in a long time. ' That's what it takes to make a great Plattsmouth GREATER! - - : NO DELAY IN CASUALTY LISTS THE army was recently accused of not issuing correct casualty figures in the I Korean fighting but officials pointed out that casualty notifications were following the pattern worked out in World War II. The army admits a time lag in the re port of casualties but points out that there has been difficulty in contacting units and that reports of those missing are constant ly corrected by later information as scat tered men return to their organizations. Certainly the above policy is best. What a terrible thing it would be to cause undue heartache. More terrible to have - those at home learn of their loss through ' newspapers or other news services. The army must be sure that takes careful checking. ' -K -K ECONOMISTS CALL FOR CONTROLS SIXTY-FIVE of the nation's leadinjr econ omists have issued a. statement calling for an immediate increase in taxation to cover the rise in defense expenditures and rto balance the budget. In addition, to prevent inflation from, war spending,., the economists call for credit' control; ., The economic experts point out that communistic aggression will require 'great- Jly expanded -military forces and supplies "if or some time to come. Enlarged outlay !by the government for war preparations 'will likely turn a boom into an inflation which will "hurt most the most helpless members of society the widows, the or- Furse's Fresh Flashes A social worker visiting our jail re cently asked a prisoner, "Was it your love of drink that brought you here." The jail bird replied, "Hell, no, Miss. You can't get nothin' here." It's certainly a blessing we are not getting all the government we are paying for. A wife with horse sense never becomes a nag. -IC An editor is a person who uses other persons words and gets all the blame for them. If you must be "blue" make it a bright blue. There's one thing this nation will never run out of and that's debt. Someone should invent brakes that will get tight when the driver does. Some so-called bright children should be applauded with one hand. What the world needs most today is someone who can foretell the future and then change it. If two can live as cheaply as one why don't they? Maim Street by Ralph Stein phans, the aged, the pensioners, the annui tants, the disabled." The economists do not believe that it is necessary for the people -of the United States to suffer the "abomination of in flation." They think that our economy can provide a high standard of living and a large increase in military outlay "with out degradation of the dollar." They think that it is necessary, first, to increase taxes and, secondly, to have adequate control powers over consumer finance and con struction finance. The economists are theoretically cor rect and there is every reason why intel ligent Americans should support their rec ommendations. Congress has been some what ahead of the president in proposing economic controls which, at this time, the chief executive does not think are neces sary. Nevertheless, such controls will probably become law on a stand-by basis, leaving it to the president to determine when to put into effect price, wage and ra tioning controls. DOWN MEMORY LANE " CQUIPPEP FOK A 3LI22ARP... AV 'J J BUT ON AN ICY "ROADSs (S$VSS WO BRAKES, NO GHAIWS, f NO WIPERS ANP . . CSS" no speep limit ! ""Ip I A YEARS AGO . . . JLU Teriffic rains swept county with as much as 4 1-4 inches reported . . . Bion A. Hoffman, coach of P. H. S., attended the short course for coaches sponsored by the athletic department of the University of Nebraska, with Coach Major Biff Jones in charge . . . Marjorie Arn Speece of Ben nett, Nebraska, entertained at a bridal shower honoring Jean Hayes whose mar riage to Dr. George Sayles was an event of the month . . . Local post office was given "A" grade rating by inspectors . . . Fifty-three children out of the 108 reg istered for the Summer Reading club had finished the requirements. OA YEARS AGO ... LSJ Bank at Gretna was robbed of $7, 000 while part of the force were at dinner . . . The steamer "Artgus S" arrived to be gin work of securing sand and gravel from the Platte river . . . Retail section of the Chamber of Commerce urged the mer chants to keep their store windows and fronts lighted on Sunday nights to make for a brighter business section to appeal to the passing tourists . . . Jack Uhlik was a member on board the USS New York, one of the crack ships of the navy, a part of the Pacific fleet at the Bremerton, Wash ington, navv vard. fl XSSH lUopyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) TOM McNAMARA AND JACK ANDERSON SAY: MRS, ROOSEVELT SUGGESTS THAT TRUMAN REPLACE SECRE TARY JOHNSON; U. S. SUGAR STOCKS ARE CRITICALLY LOW; TRUMAN MAY ASK CONGRESS TO RECONSIDER ECONOMY CUT. (Ed. Note While Drey Pearson is on a brief vacation, his column will be writ ten by members of his staff). WASHINGTON President Truman has received some blunt advice from the former first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, sug gesting that he fire Defense Seoretary Louis Johnson. Mrs. Rpos.evelt expressed her views la'stWQek in a: confidential letter i to the pTesid?ht fbllowingrTiis categorical state ment that he .would keep1 Johnson f and Secretary of State Acheson in his cabinet as longf as he remains in the White House. Writing as a private citizen, the former first lady suggested that Truman might have qualified this by saying he would keep Johnson and Acheson as sira t'anhn Saft'j 5ryc long as they do a good job." She pointed out that every pres ident occasionally finds it nec essary to make changes in his cabinet and It isn't a good idea to "freeze" a man in an im portant position. Injecting a more personal note. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote that it was apparent to her from the tremendous volume of anti Johnson mail she was receiving that the public had lost confi dence in the secretary of de fense. In view of this sentiment and in the interest of national defense, she suggested firmly that Johnson should be re placed. LOU' OX SUGAR This won't be pleasant news to the G. I.'s in Korea, but the home folks' sweet-tooth appears to be stronger than their pa triotism. In spite of the appeals against hoarding, the nation's sugar stocks are critically low. The agriculture department's commodity boss. Ralph Trigg, candidly admitted this the other day. testifying behind closed doors of the senate banking committee. "Regardless of how you cut the cloth, there is no sugar available," Trigg reported flat ly. "Nothing has changed except that the sugar is in the pantries of the folks throughout the na tion," suggested Indiana's GOP Senator Homer Capehart. "The consumption has not increased. It is hoarding that has done this." "That is true." agreed Trigg. "You will not increase the con sumption per person a great deal . . . but there is no sugar available for a great many peo ple who are unable to get it at the retail stores." Note In the hope that pub lic opinion may still shame the hoarders and profiteers, we have been urging: patriotic Americans to organize "home front" committees and to cam paign through the local press, radio and civic groups against war greed. ROUGH GOING-OVER Jack Reddin? got a thorough going-over behind closed doors before the senate confirmed his appointment as assistant post master general. At one point. Sen. Bill Langer. North Dakota Republican, noted that Redding claimed to be a "writer of fiction." "Yes, he was director of pub licity for the Democratic na tional committee," dryly re marked Sen. Zales Ecton. Mon tana Republican. ECONOMY CUT President Truman won't take the proposed 10 per cent, across-the-board slash in government spending with his bat on his shoulder. At a recent meeting with fed eral agency chiefs. Truman strongly indicated that he might send a special message to con gress if the two houses don't re consider the 10 per cent reduc tion. "This so-called 'economy' cut is one way to destroy govern ment agencies without outright abolition," declared the presi dent. "You can cripple an agen cy so badly by chopping off its personnel that it cannot do the job. This is a grave situation." "It's all the graver in war time," broke in Federal Commu nications Chairman Wayne Coy. He explained that his agency was engaged in top-secret pref ects, vital to the war elfort. " " "We cannot do the job right if we are deprived of key per sonnel." he added. "The same applies to my agency' broke in Thomas Bu chanan, actinsf chairman of the federal power commission. "The FPC must see to it that our war plants have enough gas and electric power to keep them going. We must establish a bal ance between consumer and war use of fuels and power." Buchanan pointed out that government departments, like agriculture and interior, might be able to withstand the 10 per cent cut by spending less on "construction contracts." such as road-building and reclama tion projects. But regulatory agencies, like FPC. would be dangerously crippled, he said. "I would like to get a memo from all agencies that will be crippled by the 10 per cent re duction." Truman finally decid ed. "We've got to do something about it right away." GOP "PLACE" House Appropriations Chair man Clarence Cannon of Mis souri always sees to it that Re publicans keep their "place" in committee sessions.. When house and senate con ferees on the District of Co lumbia appropriation met be hind closed doors. Cannon's sharp eye detected GOP Con gressman Earl Wilson of Indi ana sitting in "Democratic ter ritory" near the head of the table. The Missourian crisply order ed Wilson to move to a humbler spot at the Republican end of the table. "Okay, I'll move," snorted the Hocsier congressman, angrily pushing back his chair. "It must perplex the chairman to see a thorn among his Demo cratic roses." IRON CURTAIN CHAFF Concrete evidence that the Chinese Communists are open ly supporting North Korea is contained in a message from Chinese Communist Leader Mao Tse-Tung to Korean Prime Min ister Kim II Sung. "The Chi nese people warmly support the Korean people In the just war against U. S. imperialist aggres slon." wrote 'Mao . . . Political observers attach significance to reports from the Chinese cap ital indicating that Mao Tse Tung left Peking on August 11 for an "unannounced destina tion" . . . This could mean Mos cow or somewhere in Korea . . . The prestige of the United Na tions is still troubling Commu nist leaders, judging by their propaganda efforts to conceal the fact that Americans are fighting in Korea under the V. N. flag ... No reference is ever made to United Nations author ization of American action in Korea . . . Despite careful cen sorship, reports are trickling through the i?on curtain that Communist olficials must re sort to desperate measures to make labor toe the mark. For example, in Rumania, a recent law has made "illegal appropri ation and negligence at work" punishable by the death penal ty. Steinhauer Family Reunion Sunday members of the Stein hauer family in eastern Nebras ka held a family reunion at Riverview park in Nebraska City, where a fine picnic dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour. It was decided to make the reun ion an annual event on the last Sunday in August. Attending the reunion was Mrs Gladys Steinhauer Hene ger of Laramie, Wyoming, for mer resident of Plattsmouth. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs" Henry Steinhauer. Later Sunday. Mrs. Steinhauer was a visitor in; Plattsmouth with old friends. She was accompanied here by Mr. and Mrs. Henry ot;i,o,ior nnd children, Henry fand Bonnie, of Lincoln, The party late jciuinvu The Navy's giant transport plane Constitution holds as much fuel as a railroad tank car, 10,(XQ gallons. CAPITOL I NEWS 1 LINCOLN Four members of Nebraska's congressional dele gation have said they agree with Gov. Val Peterson that work should be speeded on Mis souri basin dams to provide elec tric power essential to the war effort. But the governor wants more than that. He wants to see a congressional order to the army engineers to rush completion of Fort Randall and Garrison dams. "I want to see the mon ey on the line." he told his press conference. Peterson wired the Nebras kans in congress as well as the governors of the other nine Mis souri basin states that work oji the two dams be speeded. "Any other course is to endanger America," he said. From Democratic Rep. Eugene D. OSullivan and Republican Rep. Carl T. Curtis and Sen. Hugh Butler came replies that they agreed with the governor's position. At Washington, Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry made a statement to that effect. Wherry and Butler pointed out the tentative allocation of the $880,000,000 earmarked for the corps of engineers in a bill now being studied could be changed. "I'm happy about that." he said, "but I'm not so happy that the construction schedule on Garrison and Fort Randall have fallen a year behind schedule." Nebraska's railway commission has again allowed the Burling ton and North Western railroads to cut service in the state. The Burlington was given permis sion to substitute daily passen ger trains 41 and 42 for Nos. 15 and 16 between Table Rock and Wymore. It was also allowed to substitute Trains 41 and 42 for Trains 23, 24, 89 and 90 be tween Wymore and Lincoln. The commission approved the application of the North West ern to discontinue Trains 613 and 614 between Chadron and the Wyoming line. Two members of the comn.5 sion said evidence showed the public has generally abandoned use of the trains and was losing money on the operation. Rich ard Larson, a commission mem-1 ber, dissented. Gov. Val Peterson this week (Friday) leaves on a ten-day vacation. He will visit the Pa cific Northwest and hopes to in clude a boat trip to British Co lumbia. The governor, accompanied by Mrs. Peterson, will attend a meeting of the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee at Fort Peck, Wyo., on Thursday and leave from there for the coast by commercial airline. Peterson has planned two or three speaking engagements in I Oregon and Washington during his holiday. The draft quota for Nebraska in November likely will be the same as it was for September and October 435 men. That was the word this week from state selective service head quarters. Lt. Col. Francis Drath said the state now has about 15,000 men classified as 1-A. Of these, he expects 8,000 to be eligible for active duty. The first Nebraskans are ex pected to be inducted Aug. 20, and after that, about a dozen men a day will be entering the service from Nebraska, Drath said. The colonel, who is state manpower chief, said that 477 out of the 877 examined by the end of last week, has passed their physical examinations. The rate should get better as younger men are processed, he said. A new headache is facing the state aeronautics department. Officials don't know what to do about pilots who Insist on us ing the highways as runways. Rolland Harr. department safe ty director, said two such cases have occurred recently at Ne ligh and Sidney. Harr thought he had the problem licked by invoking a law limiting the width of ve hicles on the roads, but an at torney has claimed planes aren't vehicles. If the lawyer makes his po sition stick, Harr said a rule to cover the situation will have to be adopted. Inmates in the 17 board of control institutions are increas ing in population, the board has reported. As of July 1, there were 8.511 persons in the board's 17 Institutions. This Is an in crease of 3' 2 Per cent over the same date in 1949. Mental hospitals and penal institutions account for most of the increase. The largest boost was at the Lincoln mental hos pital, where 1,545 patients are now listed. Board Chairman Forrest Johnston pointed out that more space had been made available for the care of the mentally ill. , if HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, Stmi-wttKLY JOUKniA Monday, August 21, 1950 MGE FOUR Don't Copy Others JO YOU COPY someone else in your work? If you do, you will meet with only the success of a copyist, although you may be vym5 subconsciusly. Nothing pays off like originality. Don't take this to mean wild-cat schemes, crazy ideas with an attempt to be different, but worthwhile, helpful sound measures or ideas that haw. ..- i fore. i" 1 i V 4' D. Carnegie Hy Landerer, of the Brandt theatres, New York City, tells a story of being surprised by his supervisor one day with, "Mr. Landerer, starting next week you will be permanent mas ter of ceremonies at this theater." He says if he had been hit over the head with a bat he couldn't have been more stunned. In a panicky frame of mind, lie asked himself what to lo. Shnnlil 1 irr,;io his predecessor in telling jokes and passing wisecracks to Ins audience? Yes, that was it. That was the answer, ho he went out and purchased a joke book. Honesty forced him to admit that telling jokes was not a natural talent with him; that truly good performers know how to lit their jokes to the occasion; that a joke had to be spontaneous funny W appear mechanical, and would not be in the least aft J?IyKm0fnin,? 5e Practice on himself, and every evening fhn cl tKheaterJhad closed. He recited poetry to himself, read ?Sf gndff tFiGd to mastcr the art of peaking before beta??? audience. therC the Prblem f what to fc.,iT,fcn0neiid.ay he ran info an old lend, a master hind that well known comedian, Milton Berle, who said, Jiy, there are not two people who can tell a joke the same way and get the same result. Just remember that in jour position, your patrons are coming to see the artists you introduce. So go on the stage, tell some interesting lact about the performer, announce his name clearly, and get off. Jscver attempt to imitate anybody be yourself." -;n'That ev?nine " sa-s "y "I did just that, and I have met success far greater than I had anticipated. Throughout the gSod stead'tlww" adVlCe U h3S St0d me ia The state game commission ! win meet Aug. 26 to set the stale's pheasant season and bag limits. Preliminary re ports show there may be more birds than last year. Nebraska paid out $1,050,627 to needv aged persons last month, compared to $999,704 for Julv a vear a?n whpn riiinc Vere S10 lower. ing cared for at the Immanuel, his nurse is taking a vacation and Mrs. Heldt was prevailed upon to take over the work for a time. A classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35c. Engaged In Care Of Dr. Geo. Pratt Mrs. Amelia Heldt of this city who has been a graduate nurse for a number of years, engaged for the past week in her pro fessional duties at the Imman uel hospital at Omaha. Mrs. Heldt was called there to look after the care of Dr George Pratt, for many years a leading physician and surgeon, who was forced to retire bv reason of failing health. Dr. Pratt is be- CECIL KARR ACCOUNTING Income Tax Service Bookkeepin Systems Installed Ph. 6287 Donat Buildin? When You Think of SHOES Think of Ifostefs X-RAY FITTING $1,000 or Less LOANS MADE ANYWHERE Write or Come in Aram LOAN PLAN 112 No. 5th St. Ph. 3213 DON J. ARUNDEL, Manager Plattsmouth Short takes in the week's cap itol news. LacK of dependable help, high labor costs, heavy losses from predatory animals and reduced grazing allotments may reduce Nebraska's fall lamb crop to the smallest on record, accord ing to State Agriculture Direc tor Rufus M. Howard. 7"HE FAMILY will be starting any day now for a trip in the car and a few of the problems of travel with children will loom in the offing. One of the most per sistent of these is "Buy me!" It is natural for an alert child to want everything he sees, so parents have to find a way of making it clear that he can't have them all, and still keep peace in the family One father accomplished thi by attaching a basket parse to the instrument board of the car. Into this went the money for gas, oil, ferries and toll bridges, plus a reasonable amount for roadside treats. IhH Rave - the children an idea f the basic cost of running a car because the ear is yours and yen don't have to bay a ticket they are apt to think yon travel free. And deciding ahead of time bow maeh was to be spent each day for ex tras . made the children weigh the pleasure of buying: a blown up balloon character at a stand, against waiting for a bottle drink at the next filling station. This budgeting for entertain ment also gave legitimate rea son for not stopping at every two' bv-four carnival - tho 'children spefted. This same father tt four would say. "It wiU cost at least 40 or 60 cents for each of you to have a ride on the mcrry-iro-round and it looks pretty broken down to ir.e. Why doiVt wo keep soinj until we reach tr.e next amc-in and all sec a movie?" Another fa mil? on a journey tlijt was t require several Cays found that catinr out of the pitiae basket they used at home for trips to the park made the fiays go faster,' and the food budget go a lot' farther. They began each day, with a good, hot breakfast at a restaurant meat and eggs and milk so th3t everyone started oat well fed. Then while Father serviced tha car Mother stopped at a local grocery and filled the picnic bask-Pt with things they could eat without dishes. A lone knife will spread sandwiches for all, and there are plenty of good spreads mivo cheese, peanut butter. rrm cheese and jelly to give variety.' The children love to choose a new, kind of cookie for dessert, fruit! is always abundant and fresh milk' can be purchased as mo.ii approaches. Stop by a grassy road-' side and ret out of th J this gives the children n ,-,,., to stretch their legs and they'll be " a contented lor the next 50 miles or so. I The chief thin? I in t, children well and this, i- . easy with changes of Watcr tern pcratuie and different l7 f V1 fe,nipastries that have - :. custard w'ri'fiiM.-f;'!! " i . " - " uscause t sometimes food- tast. n ' but l3 still close enough to spoil-' lu wuSC siomach upsets. Be ware of fiSh and dishcs contain. i.'.s iM, nunc, poultry, etc. Ticlc year restaurants for cleanliness A? Hr- 'ael cutCiiess - Ye Old Mill food Shoppc may harbor rats ' .! fancy caps and oprcns